Measuring and predicting the perceived quality of music and speech subjected to combined linear and nonlinear distortion

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1228-1244

  Moore, Brian C J ^a   Tan, Chin Tuan ^a   Zacharov, Nick ^b   Mattila, Ville Veikko ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DISTORTION; ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; SPEECH;

LINEAR DISTORTION; MEAN RATINGS; MUSIC QUALITY; SPEECH QUALITY;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 11844279079     PISSN: 15494950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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